Hello 2018. With dark clouds that weren't merely threatening to dampen this celebratory mood looming outside, I was armed with a powered vacuum cleaner doing one last clean out for the year. I thought to myself that the weather these days is nothing short of felicitous but I will crash into the new year energised like the ball of sunshine I am, albeit underlying with ambivalence. In retrospect, 2017 had been a pretty good year. It was less tumultuous than the many worst-case-scenarios I had adumbrated in this quiescent mind. And it was filled with mostly positive energy and good news. 1.  I travelled not once or twice but three  times. The year kicked off with a week-long vacation to Seoul where I spent some of my coldest days. Followed by yet another chilly holiday to Canada in May, and ended with a short getaway to Bintan in December. Seoul was a beautiful place, but I will never torment myself by traveling in winter again. It was not just my first time in Seo...

" Whoever has (gratitude) will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have (gratitude), even what they have will be taken from them. " I've been meaning to talk about this for a while now and even though I've drafted this post a number of times, I never seem to be able to find the right coherence to structure my thoughts smoothly. Still , I'm going to attempt to shed light on the new perspective of life I've taken up. I began the post with a very meaningful quote; a quote I took a long time to come across and the same quote changed my life some months ago. Believe it or not, I was pretty much a passive kid as I was growing up. I played along with my friends' opinions and rarely went against the flow. Apart from being a passive kid, I was also rather pessimistic. It's definitely not the best combination but I was pessimistic for as long as I remember, right up till I was about 18. Some nights I go to bed feeling bad...

35 minutes into 2015 and I cannot be more glad that I welcomed the new year with my loved ones. 😊 As with each new year, I always come up with a list of resolutions, some of which I eventually never keep to but it still helps that I have something to help stay motivated. Every year, I more or less wish resolve for the same few things and I don't think it's gonna be any different for 2015. Only difference is I now truly know what I want and how to get it. 1. Be more grateful.  This is my first step to leading a better life and ever since I began practicing gratitude 23 days ago, I've witnessed its magic. In 2015, I'm going to be as grateful as I can regardless of the circumstances because there's always something to be grateful for even in the worst of times. 2. Be happy.  I was mostly happy in 2014. I learnt not to give a f*ck about what others said because I decided no one shall dictate how I should live my life. 2015 is going to be any even happier year for me an...